Deep Dive: One Qubit, Six Digits — and a Perfect Square
from Hastrup Review of Science
The full story behind this week's trailer: Factoring six-digit integers with superconducting quantum circuits Chapters 00:03 — Cold open 01:16 — Why factoring matters 02:26 — What came before 04:04 — The open question 04:23 — The idea: a matrix with a zero 05:35 — Building the matrix with microwaves 06:45 — The device 08:18 — The measurement 09:26 — Results 10:43 — A word from our sponsor 11:22 — What limits it 12:28 — Why it matters 13:32 — Caveats 15:37 — What to watch 16:33 — Sign-off Links (some are reklamelinks and can earn the show a commission) Paper: Factoring six-digit integers with superconducting quantum circuits (arXiv) Sponsor: Nose-hair trimmers on Amazon Subscribe (RSS) — boosts welcome via any Podcasting 2.0 app.
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Chapters
- 0:03 Cold open
- 1:16 Why factoring matters
- 2:26 What came before
- 4:04 The open question
- 4:23 The idea: a matrix with a zero
- 5:35 Building the matrix with microwaves
- 6:45 The device
- 8:18 The measurement
- 9:26 Results
- 10:43 A word from our sponsor
- 11:22 What limits it
- 12:28 Why it matters
- 13:32 Caveats
- 15:37 What to watch
- 16:33 Sign-off
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